February 16, 2017Swann NewsPrints & Drawings A Menagerie in 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Read more about A Menagerie in 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings We have already covered the prevalence of cats in art, but our upcoming March 2 sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings boasts an irresistible menagerie of friends… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art February 27, 2016 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art Before Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub took the internet by storm, another group of cats rose to fame in the French art world. Based on their prints, 19th-century artists were… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art February 17, 2016 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art Before Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub took the internet by storm, another group of cats rose to fame in the French art world. Based on their prints, nineteenth century artists… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Mysterious as a Cat: Famous Felines in Literature October 29, 2015 19th & 20th Century Literature Mysterious as a Cat: Famous Felines in Literature There seems to be a special relationship between writers and cats, whether it be Ernest Hemingway and the multitudes of 6-toed fuzzballs haunting his Key West estate, or Raymond Chandler,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats May 21, 2014 American Art Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats Barnet’s watercolor and oil, Play, differs from the later print. Among the highlights of our June 12 auction of American Art—and the image that graces the catalogue cover—is Will… Share Facebook Twitter
April 24, 2014 Art Press & Illustrated Books Collectors on Collecting: Sam Speigel on Collecting Edward Gorey On May 7, Swann will auction The Edward Gorey Collection of Samuel Speigel, and the catalogue for that sale opens with this charming recollection from Speigel himself: Lot 241: The… Share Facebook Twitter